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When an electric jazz guitarist strums a chord, it sustains for several seconds, filling the space behind a melody or solo.Quand un guitariste de jazz gratte une corde, la note produite dure plusieurs secondes, et peut ainsi servir d'accompagnement à une mélodie ou un solo.Sutro, Dirk / Jazz For DummiesSutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane / Le Jazz pour les nulsLe Jazz pour les nulsSutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane© Edition First, 2008. Publié en accord avec Wiley Publishing, Inc.Jazz For DummiesSutro, Dirk© 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Bachelard was strumming on the little window with his fingers, and whistling a march, as though to show his great contempt for such scruples.Bachelard était allé battre le vitrage du bout des doigts, en sifflotant une sonnerie de clairon, comme pour montrer son parfait mépris devant de pareils scrupules.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
He walked about the room, strummed on the furniture with his clumsy nails, turned about on his heels, and kept saying:"What luck! What luck!Il marchait, jouait du piano sur les meubles avec ses ongles maladroits, pivotait sur ses talons, et répétait: - Quelle chance, quelle chance!Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et JeanPierre et JeanMaupassant, Guy dePierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de
When one married a woman who was disobliging and disgusted with one's little ailments, and who strummed on her piano to the point of making all the dogs of the neighborhood ill, one had to go elsewhere and be made a fool of!Quand on épousait une femme pas complaisante, dégoûtée des bobos qu'on pouvait avoir, et tapant sur son piano à rendre malades tous les chiens du quartier, on allait en ville se faire ficher de soi!Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
Anyhow, she doesn't make you sing, and she isn't forever strumming away on a piano like the other. Oh! that piano !Au moins, elle ne vous force pas à chanter, elle n'est pas toujours à taper sur un piano comme l'autre.... Oh! ce piano!Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
And when a guitarist strums chords to emphasize the beat, he becomes a part of the rhythm section, which also includes bass, drums, and sometimes piano.La guitare peut aussi marquer le tempo, et ainsi collaborer à la section rythmique, qui en principe consiste en une basse, une batterie et parfois un piano.Sutro, Dirk / Jazz For DummiesSutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane / Le Jazz pour les nulsLe Jazz pour les nulsSutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane© Edition First, 2008. Publié en accord avec Wiley Publishing, Inc.Jazz For DummiesSutro, Dirk© 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
She was even quite a little lady, up to reading, embroidery, chattering, and strumming on the piano.C'était même une demoiselle, savante déjà, lisant, brodant, bavardant, tapant sur les pianos.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
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Word forms
strum
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | strummed |
Imperative | strum |
Present Participle (Participle I) | strumming |
Past Participle (Participle II) | strummed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I strum | we strum |
you strum | you strum |
he/she/it strums | they strum |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am strumming | we are strumming |
you are strumming | you are strumming |
he/she/it is strumming | they are strumming |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have strummed | we have strummed |
you have strummed | you have strummed |
he/she/it has strummed | they have strummed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been strumming | we have been strumming |
you have been strumming | you have been strumming |
he/she/it has been strumming | they have been strumming |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I strummed | we strummed |
you strummed | you strummed |
he/she/it strummed | they strummed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was strumming | we were strumming |
you were strumming | you were strumming |
he/she/it was strumming | they were strumming |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had strummed | we had strummed |
you had strummed | you had strummed |
he/she/it had strummed | they had strummed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been strumming | we had been strumming |
you had been strumming | you had been strumming |
he/she/it had been strumming | they had been strumming |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will strum | we shall/will strum |
you will strum | you will strum |
he/she/it will strum | they will strum |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be strumming | we shall/will be strumming |
you will be strumming | you will be strumming |
he/she/it will be strumming | they will be strumming |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have strummed | we shall/will have strummed |
you will have strummed | you will have strummed |
he/she/it will have strummed | they will have strummed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been strumming | we shall/will have been strumming |
you will have been strumming | you will have been strumming |
he/she/it will have been strumming | they will have been strumming |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would strum | we should/would strum |
you would strum | you would strum |
he/she/it would strum | they would strum |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be strumming | we should/would be strumming |
you would be strumming | you would be strumming |
he/she/it would be strumming | they would be strumming |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have strummed | we should/would have strummed |
you would have strummed | you would have strummed |
he/she/it would have strummed | they would have strummed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been strumming | we should/would have been strumming |
you would have been strumming | you would have been strumming |
he/she/it would have been strumming | they would have been strumming |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am strummed | we are strummed |
you are strummed | you are strummed |
he/she/it is strummed | they are strummed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being strummed | we are being strummed |
you are being strummed | you are being strummed |
he/she/it is being strummed | they are being strummed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been strummed | we have been strummed |
you have been strummed | you have been strummed |
he/she/it has been strummed | they have been strummed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was strummed | we were strummed |
you were strummed | you were strummed |
he/she/it was strummed | they were strummed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being strummed | we were being strummed |
you were being strummed | you were being strummed |
he/she/it was being strummed | they were being strummed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been strummed | we had been strummed |
you had been strummed | you had been strummed |
he/she/it had been strummed | they had been strummed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be strummed | we shall/will be strummed |
you will be strummed | you will be strummed |
he/she/it will be strummed | they will be strummed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been strummed | we shall/will have been strummed |
you will have been strummed | you will have been strummed |
he/she/it will have been strummed | they will have been strummed |
strum
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | strum | *strums |
Possessive case | strum's | *strums' |